Maiya Maneza turned the women’s 63kg into a personal pursuit for Olympic and world records after clinching Weightlifting gold for Kazakhstan. All the talk going into the competition was of a duel between Maneza and Russia’s Svetlana Tsarukaeva, with the two lifters going head-to-head for the previous three world championships. Tsarukaeva led at the interval […]
Women’s 58kg
“It's true that yesterday our teammates didn't have their best performance. However I was not affected by their performances because I know we are a very strong team.”
Kim Un Guk triumphed to win gold in style for DPR Korea in an exciting men’s 62kg Weightlifting competition which saw Olympic and world weightlifting records tumble. The pre-competition build-up was dominated by talk of a duel between Kim and Chinese rival Zhang Jie, with the duo sparring for world titles over the last two […]
China’s Li Xueying produced an impressive display to claim Olympic Games gold in the Women’s 58kg Weightlifting division. Li recorded a winning total of 246kg, with Thailand’s Pimsiri Sirikaew finishing second (236kg) narrowly ahead of Yuliya Kalina, from Ukraine, who claimed the bronze (235kg). Great Britain’s Zoe Smith finished 12th, setting a new GB clean-and-jerk […]